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Electronic Voting in the Netherlands: From Early Adoption to Early Abolishment

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Foundations of Security Analysis and Design V (FOSAD 2009, FOSAD 2007, FOSAD 2008)

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This paper discusses how electronic voting was implemented in practice in the Netherlands, which choices were made and how electronic voting was finally abolished. This history is presented in the context of the requirements of the election process, as well as the technical options that are available to increase the reliability and security of electronic voting.

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  1. Digital Security group, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Bart Jacobs

  2. Centre for Telematics and Information Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands

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Jacobs, B., Pieters, W. (2009). Electronic Voting in the Netherlands: From Early Adoption to Early Abolishment. In: Aldini, A., Barthe, G., Gorrieri, R. (eds) Foundations of Security Analysis and Design V. FOSAD FOSAD FOSAD 2009 2007 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5705. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03829-7_4

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